Transcript EfD Steering Group Meeting

Development and Energy in Africa
(DEA)
Risø National Laboratory
Denmark
Energy Research Centre (ECN)
Netherlands
Centres in 6 African countries:
Botswana Ghana
Mali
Senegal
Tanzania
Zambia
Development and Energy in Africa (DEA)
Objectives:
– to establish and apply an Assessment Framework for evaluating development
and poverty alleviation impacts of energy interventions
– to engage in a dialogue with energy policy makers and other stakeholders on the
basis of the framework, with a view to incorporating these issues in energy
policy.
completed
in progress
Stakeholder
needs
Catalogue of
42 existing
projects
Assessment Framework
+
Toolbox
+
Literature
Review
Selection of case studies
6 Case
Refinement
Studies
Information on
Development
Impact
Improved design of
future interventions (?)
Common approach – The ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
A step by step approach to carrying out an impact assessement of a given
energy intervention
input
complex
energy
intervention
common
approach
•conceptualisation
output
outcome
•organising principle
•systematic approach
impact
•disentanglement
•structure
•thinking aid
systematic description of an energy
intervention and its consequences
indicators
From 4-level causal diagram to assessment tables:
example solar ESCO in Zambia
Provision of
electricity
service
access
to electricity
use of
electricity
employment
within ESCO
lighting
fuel
consumption
gender
relations
business
hours
income
evening
study
educational
and social
activities
Elements
Indicators
Units
Source
Method
Inputs:
•provision of
electricity
service
established
ESCO
ESCOs
ESCOs
•desk
study
•SHS
•interviews
Outputs:
•access to
electricity
•total SHS
installed
•SHS
•employment
•jobs
•no. jobs •no. jobs •interviews
Outcomes:
•use of electricity
•lighting fuel
•business hours
•evening study
•appliances
•fuel costs
•av. b. hrs
•school
study/night
•number
•$
•hrs
•hrs
•number
•$
•hrs
•hrs
•survey
•interview
•survey
•focus
group
Impacts:
•income
•educational
•gender
•income
•sch. perf.
•decisionmaking
roles
•$
•grades
•h/h
•$
•grades
•h/h
•survey
•interview
•focus
group
Status late 2006
WP2 Literature Review:
work in progress, completion by Dec. 2006
WP3 Catalogue:
completed
WP4 Consultations:
1st Nat. Workshops held Sept. – Oct. 2005
stakeholder requirements reported
WP5 Methodology
4-level causal chain based on M&EED group
guideline manual in preparation
WP6 Case Studies:
6 studies completed and reported
2nd National workshops held
positive response from stakeholders
website:
www.deafrica.net
Main tasks for next 6 months – Nov 06 to April 07
WP5: Assessment Framework
• finalise Guideline Document
WP6: Case Studies
• write synthesis document
WP7: Refinement of methodology
• analyse case studies and stakeholder response
• hold 3rd project meeting Feb. 2007 to finalise methodology
WP8: Dissemination
• prepare popular material on AF and case studies
• prepare for “All Africa Seminar” – Sept-Oct 2007, Arusha, TZ
• seek co-funding for Seminar to invite more African stakeholders
Challenges
•
Empirical identification and attribution of impacts to energy interventions
– many complex linkages between input and impact
– lack of baselines
– prepare operational guidelines based on developed methodology tested
through case studies
•
Presenting case study results to national multi-sector stakeholders
– generalising the specific results to general development impacts of energy
interventions
– influencing policy makers so that development impacts of energy interventions
are taken more into account in project planningg and policy
– Demonstrating and encouraging the use of the Assessment Framework
through stakeholder training workshops
•
Presenting the methodology to broader “All-Africa” audience
– organise final workshop in Arusha
– liaise with other COOPENER projects
– attract extra funding to broaden participation